War And Passion 3rd Pt.

Hello World:
I want to mention a little more about the protest that took place in Egypt. A similar situation took place in Tunisia recently. Also, we know about the rebellion in Iran, that took place back in 2009, that I talked about. The thing with Egypt is you kind of do not know who to trust.

Egypt is primarily a Muslim or Islamic country; and as I already am discussing the killing of Christians in Egypt by Muslims, it is hard to be simpathetic towards a pro-islamic society. So, at this point I do not know, but I believe the problems with Egypt could be with the former leader Hosni Mubarak and his Egyptian government, the current ISLAMIC Egyptian citizens, AND possibly the future Egyptian leader and government.

One thing I do not like about those kinds protest, that I talked about with Iran, is that when it is over and things settle down, there may NOT be real change for the better, and there is going to be a big mess to clean up afterwards. Maybe those protest there may actually work this time to help the people, but that is not always the case.

In the beginning, a few weeks back the protests were violent in Egypt; as there was citizens fighting the police, impeding traffic and business, people getting wounded and killed, and people tearing up the place. So, you media people can not spin it to me that it was a completely peaceful protest by the Egyptian people, because it was not. Mubarak actually might benefit the most from the protest by stepping down.

Generally, government leaders do not lay down and give up their power so easy. Just ask the people in China. There is a way to protest by using PROPER DIALOGUE AND presenting DOCUMENTATION for change, BEFORE protesting with violence.

Now I want to continue the focus of this war and passion series. Many Christians and non-Christians may want to ask about the commandment "thou shalt not kill". That commandment is one of the famous Ten, and is found in the book of Exodus Chapter 20: Verse 13. It is the sixth commandment.

Even though God does not specify any conditions to that commandment, but just says plainly thou shalt not kill, if you research throughout the Bible it can be seen that God does allow killing in certain circumstances or conditions. Now, some people do preach, and my own Bible interprets killing as punishment for crimes or for the purpose of war, are exempt from that commandment. I have to say yes AND no to that interpretation.

The reason being is that all wars are not justified, and crimes is such a broad term, that needs further interpretation. Every war is not for righteousness, and every law is not righteous enough to be worthy of defining a true crime. A law, in itself, created by wicked or evil men could be a crime against the people. Some or several laws are down right stupid and should be terminated. So, that is why again, I say both yes and no, depending on the circumstances and conditions.

Just because you do something that is against the law or that is illegal, does not necessarily or always mean you are doing something against God or that you are bad person. You can be legal and unrighteous and PURELY EVIL too; and you can be doing something illegal that is actually OKAY with God.

To be legal is mostly to please man. To be righteous is to please God, even if you go to jail for it. Yes, you can be both legal and righteously pleasing God. So, all laws are NOT bad. Laws can be changed. The law does serve or is supposed to serve a purpose for members of a society to be civil or decent and respectable toward each other, so the society, as a whole, can function in a orderly and FAIR fashion.

Generally speaking, you should obey the law. One example of obeying the law is paying taxes. You should pay your taxes and report or file your taxes to the government, if the laws in the country you live requires those things WITHIN REASON. Even Jesus said we should pay our taxes to the government.

Scripture Reference St. Matthew Chapter 22: Verse 20; "And he saith unto them, Whose is the image and superscription?"

Verse 21; "They say unto him, Cae'-sar's. Then he saith unto them. Render therefore unto Cae'sar the things which are Cae'sar's; and unto God the things that are God's."

There are laws in the kingdom of God. However, I just pointed out that, that the laws of man are not always black or white in terms of what is really the right thing to do or WHAT IS PRACTICAL, but there is a lot of grey area in there, and with man-made laws, there is sometimes the element of UNNECESSARY bondage that restricts freedom too much, which is NOT good.

Again, some laws are not fair or just, and God understands that. Therefore, if you feel in your heart, that you did the righteous thing, or you really tried to do the right thing, no matter what the courts tell you, or what the judge tells you or how you wind up being judged and punished, the law does NOT ALWAYS have the final say. The law of man is not the ultimate authority when it comes to self-defense. The law of man is not the ultimate authority when it comes to righteousness.

So, in terms of thou shalt not kill, generally, thou shall not kill. Moses killed a Egyptian and was NEVER punished by God. Sampson killed a lot of people and was not punished by God. David killed a lot of people and was not punished by God, except for the Uriah incident.

Why did God allow Moses and the others to get away with killing someone, and was not what they did illegal, especially Moses? Well, again there, in their SPECIFIC cases, being legal or illegal was IRRELEVANT. They judged and killed for the sake of righteousness. You will see me show this about the Lord later on in this series. If it was up to man, they would have been punished, but again, in their specific cases absolutely not with God. They killed and ACTUALLY did the right thing.

Another thing here I want to mention, is I have a list of almost or nearly every time God either personally killed someone or group or He commanded someone else to kill. There are over 50 examples in the Bible. I will not mention all the examples today, because of the length here. I may list them at another time.

I do not have a problem with what God did or commanded, and I do not have a problem talking about it, because I know it was for righeousness sake. God is love, but God is also wrath and God is all-righteous. RIGHTEOUSNESS comes BEFORE legality.

War And Passion 2nd Pt.

Hello World:
Before I continue discussing what I believe is a ongoing and growing war between Christians and Muslims in SOME countries, I need to, in addition, mention some other things concerning myself and this blog in relation to today's topic.

First, back on October 11th, 2008, I did a post on the Rapture. in a series. At that time, I was explaining where the word Rapture came from and how it is a LEGITIMATE word for or from the scriptures. In doing that I referenced the scriptures from 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4: Verses 16-18.

I mentioned that the word Rapture comes from the Greek word harpazo, and I mentioned that meaning of the text "caught up" from verse 17 is harpazo. I proceeded to explain the latin term translated FROM the Greek term harpazo, which I needed to edit. All of that above is correct, but I needed to correct the latin term from raptus to RAPTURO(emphasis).

Those words raptus and rapturo are similar, but have slightly different meanings. Rapturo is more accurate to the event of the scriptures in 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4, and you will see the correction in that post back from October 2008. It is from the latin term rapturo, that we formulate the term Rapture in English. So with that, again, the term Rapture in the context of those scriptures from 1 Thessalonians 4, IS SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT. I want to talk about the Rapture again at some point in the future.

Now in this topic notice that I mentioned Nigeria as one of the countries in which Christians and Muslims are at war. I want to bring up some things about Nigeria. Since I started blogging I have received several fraudulent communications from persons connected with the country of Nigeria.

Since this blog is viewed and read by people in countries all over the world, I want people see what I have to say about Nigeria. In the above paragraph, I chose to use the term "fraudulent communications" instead of other terms, because I believe many of you know what I mean when I say that.

However, Nigeria is a country that is supposedly split with Muslims in the north and Christians in the south. It is reported the central part of the country is mixed in terms of the religions. However, since I have been online, more LIARS have communicated to me out of Nigeria more than any other country.

There are people in Nigeria, who talk like they are Christians, but THEY ARE NOT. They use pleasantry speech like "Greetings In The Name of Christ", "Dear Brother In Christ", "Dear Friend in Christ", "Dearest Beloved Friend In Christ", "in the matchless name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ". They offer fake lottery winnings. They ask for you to buy them large print Bibles. In other words, these LIARS know how to speak the Christian language or jargon.

Pay attention, especially Christian believers. These people are PHONIES. I am very angry about this, and so is God. Christians do talk or supposed to talk different from everyone else; however, talking a certain way mentioning Christ, God, and other Christian religious terms DOES NOT MAKE ANYBODY A TRUE CHRISTIAN. Being a Christian is more than speech, or saying "Praise The Lord" or "In the glorious name of Jesus Christ".

Scripture Reference St. Matthew Chapter 7; Verse 21; "Not every one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."

So, I hope people are reading this and understanding what I am saying. They lie, cheat and steal.

Scripture reference Revelation Chapter 21: Verse 8; "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the murderers, and the whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolators, and ALL LIARS, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimestone: which is the second death."

I believe when I get a chance I want to teach or preach a post on liars, and what constitutes being a liar. Also, what does God mean when He calls people liars; because many times people misinterpret what a liar is and is not. So, I want to go into that later on down the road with more scriptures. Clearly those people communicating from Nigeria are definitely LIARS.

Also, sometimes they may not communicate out of Nigeria, but they may be in another country like somewhere in Europe, or they may re-route their I.P address. So, many times those liars are either in Nigeria, from Nigeria or connected to Nigeria in some way.

That does not mean that there are no other cons or crooked people in other countries. Also, I do not believe that all Nigerians are crooked and liars or are evil. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT, because more of those kinds of people who have contacted me are again Nigeria based.

There is the possibility that they are Muslims posing as Christians, seeking to get close to Christians to destroy their life in some way or even kill them. In any event, Christians BEWARE OF THAT. Also, they may not have any usual ties to a religion. I will say more about this subtle war in the next post.

War And Passion 1st Pt.

Hello World:
There are several wars going on throughout the world, that are not recognized as such. So, I want to talk about one of those particular wars in this 1st part. This is going to be a long series. Before I go into the war, I want to mention two other things quickly.

First, there was chaos with citizens protesting against the government in Egypt. I do not want to go too much into Egypt's situation right now. However, I am going to mention Egypt in this series because of something else that is also important. Let me say this about the current situation in Egypt. There are SOME changes taking place in Egypt, but I do not trust the protesting citizens, nor did I trust the former Mubarak government; because of the UNJUST killing of Christians in Egypt.

Also, who is going to replace President Hosni Mubarak? What evil savior is going to be given power to take over Egypt, by the country's Islamic citizens? No one in Egypt knows. The protestors do not even know or have a plan. So, that is also a problem. I may have more to say about that situation in Egypt, and the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD at a later time. However, again, Egypt is in this series, which God led me to talk about and do BEFORE the protest broke out and BEFORE Mubarak stepped down over there.

Next thing I want to mention, is that God created all things as GOOD, or to be GOOD. I BELIEVE the enemy of God and His people; that enemy being Satan, the Devil or the Dragon, whom God also created for good, HAS CHOSEN a path of EVIL a long time ago, and has manipulated and twisted some things and has created and copied things from God for evil purposes.

I admit the evidence I have to back up the Devil's or Lucifer's power to create is limited. That is why I said above, I believe. I have a document from research inspired from a hypothesis on that. Now a lot of people may disagree with me on that, and say that the Devil can not create or copy. However, I have to disagree, and say that he does and have already created and or copied life and other things for, again, evil purposes. I may discuss my hypothesis and how this is possible, and what can or will be done about it at another time.

However, with the subject at hand here, I want to say I believe there is a war happening now between Christians and Muslims, or between Christianity and Islam. Now, I do not want to instigate or aggravate war or killing here, but in several parts of the world the war and killing has already been going on, before I said anything here.

I have two reports, one from Nigeria and one from Egypt; in addition to that I want to say something about what has happened in Iraq. During the past 2010 Christmas holiday some 38 Christians were killed in Christmas festivals in Nigeria. Also, 21 Christians were killed in Egypt during New Year's celebrations. Those were fairly recent to the time of this post, and were not the only killings of Christians in those countries in recent years.

I do not have specific numbers In Iraq, but ever since the U. S. invaded Iraq, and took down Saddam Hussein, multitudes of Christians have been getting SLAUGHTERED over there. I believe when I blogged about Christians in Iraq before, I remember seeing a report that termed the killings of many Christians in Iraq as LIQUIDATION. Liquidation in that sense that something really bad has happened. I believe that over 75 percent of the Christians from Iraq were either murdered/liquidated or fled the country.

In Nigeria, some of the Christians there have fought back against the Muslims and killed Muslims. The purpose of this post and the next one upcoming is that I believe Christians do have the right to defend themselves, and I do not blame Christians for fighting back and killing Muslim extremist who have killed many of them.

Several things I want to bring up. I know some Muslims who are friendly. So, not all Muslims believe in killing people of other religions. However, in parts of Africa and Asia it is clear that there are Muslims who have set out to kill Christians. Now currently, I, myself am not in any of the 3 countries, that I have mentioned here. If I was, I would gladly join the fight WITH Christians against those Muslims in those countries.

Historically, there have been some supposed Christian or those who claimed to be Christians who killed and murdered people, but my research shows them to have done that for unrighteous causes of religion, racism and colonialism. There are alot of Christians who do not believe in violence, fighting and killing. Most TRUE Christians are peaceful and loving. That is one of the differences between TRUE Christianity and Islam, or a difference between Christians and Muslims.

Christians are generally peaceful and loving, and are looking to help other people in all areas of life, both natural and spiritual, and bring people to God through Jesus Christ by choice. I say Christians are generally peaceful and loving, because they can be provoked. Whereas many Muslims, not all of them, but many of them are looking to kill anybody who does not want to convert to Islam.

With TRUE Christians it is more about having a personal relationship with God, the Creator, whereas with Muslims it is more about serving the religion. As Christians, we are the children of God through Jesus Christ; and we serve God, and serve in His kingdom, but we are also His friends. I am a child, a servant, and a friend of God.

As a Christian myself, I believe in walking in and being peaceful and loving too, and not forcing people to do anything, but giving them a choice, but I also believe in taking an immediate stand against and fighting and killing the forces of evil, if necessary. So, I got news for you Muslim extremists in this series. It is a new day for TRUE CHRISTIANS.

There are several scriptures that Christians like to use, like the one where Jesus said to turn the other cheek, and where Paul said we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, etc on a spiritual level. However, I just want to say about those scriptures, that Jesus did not say to keep turning your cheeks, and to keep getting smacked upside the head.

Also, in regards to what Paul said, I believe Paul got it half right. Yes, it is a spiritual battle, but that spiritual battle also is connected to the natural realm. In the natural realm you have flesh or bodies who are used by the Devil in the Spirit, as AGENTS of the Devil, who get in the way of RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, those flesh and blood bodies that are agents of the devil have to either repent or change their ways or be removed, to end all rebellion against God and for there to be everlasting peace.

So, in regards to what both Jesus and Paul said, yes, to a certain extent, but after awhile ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. At a quick point, agents of the devil must be stopped by WHATEVER means necessary, and NOT just by prayer. Both the devil and his principalities or spiritual princes and powers, and his agents in the flesh and blood must BOTH be eliminated by God and His Christian believers and not the other way around. There is more I need to go into on this in the 2nd part, and probably, when I get to either the 3rd or 4th part, talk about some other things Jesus said in the Bible that people use as an excuse to do nothing to stop the reality of evil.

Things That God Hates

Hello World:
This post is in some ways a follow-up to the neighbor's series, that I closed out last year on. I want to mention some scriptures which reveals some things that God hates. Here I am saying some things that God hates, but in the scriptures I am about to mention, it says there are seven things that God hates.

I believe that there are more than seven things that God hates, but in a general sense, without the details there are MANY things that people do, TO HURT OTHER PEOPLE, that fall under the seven things that God hates in the scriptures below.

Scripture Reference Proverbs Chapter 6: Verse 16; "These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:"

Verse 17; "A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,"

Verse 18; "An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,"

Verse 19; "A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."

Now I feel led of the Lord to bring to light some things from some of those above scriptures. A lying tongue and or a false witness are obviously bad. In verse 17, notice that it said hands that shed INNOCENT BLOOD. So, that must mean there is guilty blood out there. So, in other words, as for some example, God is not talking here about shedding the blood of those guilty of life threatening crimes against others. So, that is a key point I felt led to make.

Also, notice that it said feet that be swift in running to mischief. So, in other words God is saying He hates when a person is running to do something wrong or evil, or having already committed such evil acts.

That does NOT mean that a person should not run swift, or every time you see a person running they did something bad, or people should not freely run because they look guilty of something. NO! People have other reasons that are important to them why they run or run swiftly, that are nobody else's business. I can elaborate more into all of that some other day. So, again, God said here, He hates people running swift to mischief only, and nothing else.

Another thing from verse 18 above, when it talks about the heart devising wicked imaginations, that is where everything starts with people who do or commit acts of evil. The person or people will imagine the evil act in their heart first. That also is a part of the SIN OF THOUGHT.

There is something else I was hoping I could fit in, but I am going to have to mention it probably in the next post. It concerns a war, or what appears to me to be a war that is not recognized as such; but in fact is ongoing to date and appears to be escalating worldwide, and people need to be aware of this.